#cherryblossoms no more cherry blooms but now hens and chicks tell me time never slows down #lotus #tanka from mud the lotus rises to meet air and sun its blossom follows the path the lotus has honed in wisdom showing the way #ginseng another year older memories molder~ buying ginseng tea #pagoda #cinquain ancient the pagoda keeps its place within time and cherry blossoms unchanging it sits #bonsai how many generations have cared for you now shall I #geisha moon light shadows and the rustle of silk geisha # samurai daughter of the samurai* your story still carries to us in the song of the wind *The daughter of the samurai Jo no Sukemori, Hangaku Gozen raised an army in 1201 to help overthrow the Kamakura Shogunate, but was defeated and sent to Kamakura for execution. The Minamoto warrior Asari Yoo saved her life and married her.
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